"U.S. on March 4, 2014 by Fox Searchlight. Garden State (film) Garden State is a 2004 American romantic comedy-drama film, written and directed by Zach Braff and starring Braff, Natalie Portman, Peter Sarsgaard, and Ian Holm. The film centers on Andrew Largeman (Braff), a 26-year-old actor/waiter who returns to his hometown in New Jersey after his mother dies. Braff based the film on his real life experiences. It was filmed in April and May 2003 and released on July 28, 2004. New Jersey was the main setting and primary shooting location. ""Garden State"" received positive reviews upon its release and"
"silver to its history and economy. It is also known as the ""Battle Born State"", because it achieved statehood during the Civil War (the words ""Battle Born"" also appear on the state flag); as the ""Sagebrush State"", for the native plant of the same name; and as the ""Sage-hen State"". Nevada is largely desert and semi-arid, much of it within the Great Basin. Areas south of the Great Basin are within the Mojave Desert, while Lake Tahoe and the Sierra Nevada lie on the western edge. About 86% of the state's land is managed by various jurisdictions of the U.S."
"Oregon Garden The Oregon Garden is an botanical garden and tourist attraction in Silverton, Oregon, United States. Opened in 1999, it is home to over 20 gardens including the Rose Garden, Children's Garden and Silverton Market Garden. It is open 365 days a year and hosts both public and private events. The land is also home to the Gordon House, Oregon's only Frank Lloyd Wright home, and The Oregon Garden Resort. The Oregon Association of Nurseries first conceived the idea of a public showcase garden in the 1940s. Work towards the creation of such a garden began in earnest around"
"Meadow Garden (Augusta, Georgia) Meadow Garden is a historic house museum at 1320 Independence Drive in Augusta, Georgia. It was a home of George Walton (1749–1804), one of Georgia's three signers of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, and later a governor of Georgia and a United States Senator. Meadow Garden was saved and established as a museum by the Daughters of the American Revolution in 1901. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1981. Meadow Garden is located on the west side of downtown Augusta, separated from the Augusta Canal by the Augusta Canal Historic Walking Trail, and just"
"United States Botanic Garden The United States Botanic Garden (USBG) is a botanic garden on the grounds of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., near Garfield Circle. The U.S. Botanic Garden is supervised by the Congress through the Architect of the Capitol, who is responsible for maintaining the grounds of the United States Capitol. The USBG is open every day of the year, including federal holidays. It is the oldest continually operating botanic garden in the United States. The Columbian Institute for the Promotion of Arts and Sciences in Washington, D.C., first suggested the creation of a botanic garden"
"Garden City, Michigan Garden City is a city in Wayne County of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 27,692. The city is part of the Metro Detroit region. The origins of Garden City started with the transfer of the property to John Lathers from Andrew Jackson for in October 1835. The city was patterned after the ""garden city"" concept that became popular in England during the 19th century, with most home sites sectioned off into plots to allow adequate farming area to support the family with fruit and vegetables. Now, most sites"
"Garden City, Idaho Garden City is a city in Ada County, Idaho, United States. The population was 10,972 at the 2010 census. Garden City is nearly surrounded by Boise but retains a separate municipal government. Garden City was named for gardens raised by Chinese immigrants who lived in the area. The name of the city's only main street, Chinden Boulevard, is a portmanteau of the words ""China"" and ""garden."" In the second decade of the 21st century, it became a haven for artists' studios due to its cheap rents and eclectic ambience. Garden City is part of the Boise City–Nampa,"
"The Gardeners of America/Men's Garden Clubs of America The Gardeners of America/Men's Garden Clubs of America (TGOA/MGCA) is a national organization with 31 affiliated garden clubs located in 14 states (2018) across the United States. The organization is also known as Gardeners of America (TGOA) or Men’s Garden Clubs of America (MGCA). It has its headquarters in Johnston, Iowa, a business suburb of Des Moines. It is a non-profit organization incorporated in the state of Illinois, and registered with the IRS as a 501(c)3 non-profit group. Most clubs include men and women members, and concentrate on gardening education (for members"
"born in and/or have lived in Garden City include novelist Sanora Babb, jazz pianist Frank Mantooth, former Governor of Colorado Roy Romer, football players Thurman ""Fum"" McGraw and Hal Patterson and professional boxers Victor Ortiz, and Brandon Rios. Garden City, Kansas Garden City is a city in and the county seat of Finney County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 26,658. The city is home to Garden City Community College and the Lee Richardson Zoo, the largest zoological park in western Kansas. In February 1878, James R. Fulton, William D. Fulton and W.D.'s son,"
"including none of those under age 18 and 12.5% of those age 65 or over. Garden City, Utah Garden City is a town in northwestern Rich County, Utah, United States. The population was 562 at the 2010 census. Garden City sits on the shores of Bear Lake and is a popular summer resort destination town, thus is nicknamed the ""Caribbean of the Rockies."" Garden City was first settled in 1877 and an LDS branch was formed there at that time. Two years later the town had grown into a ward. In 1979, it merged with the neighboring town of Pickelville."
"of Garden Village, Kentucky. Garden City, New York Garden City is an incorporated village in Nassau County, New York, United States, in the town of Hempstead. It was founded by multi-millionaire Alexander Turney Stewart in 1869, and is on Long Island, to the east of New York City, 18.5 miles (29.8 km) from midtown Manhattan. The village is located mostly in the Town of Hempstead with a small portion in the Town of North Hempstead. As of the 2010 census, Garden City's population was 22,371. The Garden City name is applied to several other unincorporated, nearby jurisdictions, as well. In"
"United States called Village Green: Village Green-Green Ridge, Pennsylvania, and Village Green, New York. Some New England towns, along with some areas settled by New Englanders such as the townships in the Connecticut Western Reserve, refer to their town square as a village green. The village green of Bedford, New York, is preserved as part of Bedford Village Historic District. The only village green in the United States still used for agriculture lies in Lebanon, Connecticut. This green is also one of the largest in the nation. In Indonesia, especially in Java, a similar place is called ""Alun-Alun"". It is"
"Garden City, Missouri Garden City is a city in Cass County, Missouri, United States. The population was 1,642 at the 2010 census. Garden City was platted in 1885, and so named on account of the fertile soil near the town site. A post office called Garden City has been in operation since 1875. The O'Bannon Homestead was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. Garden City is located at (38.558731, -94.189231). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and is water. As of the census"
"Garden Park, Colorado Garden Park, in southcentral Colorado, is known for its Jurassic dinosaurs and the role the specimens played in the infamous bone wars of the late 19th century. Located north of Cañon City, Colorado, the name originates from the area providing vegetables to the miners at nearby Cripple Creek in the 19th century. Garden Park proper is a triangular valley surrounded by cliffs on the southeast and southwest and by mountains to the north; however, the name is also refers to the dinosaur sites on top and along the cliffs. The dinosaur sites now form the Garden Park"
"Garden City, New York Garden City is an incorporated village in Nassau County, New York, United States, in the town of Hempstead. It was founded by multi-millionaire Alexander Turney Stewart in 1869, and is on Long Island, to the east of New York City, 18.5 miles (29.8 km) from midtown Manhattan. The village is located mostly in the Town of Hempstead with a small portion in the Town of North Hempstead. As of the 2010 census, Garden City's population was 22,371. The Garden City name is applied to several other unincorporated, nearby jurisdictions, as well. In the region, hamlets such"
"Alabama Alabama is a state in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama is the 30th largest by area and the 24th-most populous of the U.S. states. With a total of of inland waterways, Alabama has among the most of any state. Alabama is nicknamed the ""Yellowhammer State"", after the state bird. Alabama is also known as the ""Heart of Dixie"" and the ""Cotton State"". The state tree is the longleaf pine, and"
"Gardens) at 3700 N Germantown Road in his hometown of Memphis, Tennessee. Several places and groups are named in honor of Sgt. Walter K. Singleton. A complete list of his medals and decorations includes: the Medal of Honor, the Purple Heart, the Good Conduct Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Vietnamese Service Medal with one bronze star, the Vietnamese Military Merit Medal, the Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm, and the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal. The President of the United States in the name of The Congress takes pride in presenting the MEDAL OF HONOR posthumously to SERGEANT WALTER"
"Garden of the Gods Garden of the Gods is a public park located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, US. It was designated a National Natural Landmark in 1971. The area now known as Garden of the Gods was first called Red Rock Corral by the Europeans. Then, in August 1859, two surveyors who helped to set up Colorado City explored the site. One of the surveyors, M. S. Beach, suggested that it would be a ""capital place for a beer garden"". His companion, the young Rufus Cable, awestruck by the impressive rock formations, exclaimed, ""Beer Garden! Why it is a fit"
"from around the globe, in addition to ten lakes, several wetlands, and a restored prairie. Peru State College's ""Campus of a Thousand Oaks,"" an arboretum campus, is in southeast Nebraska. In 1927, the United States National Arboretum was established in Washington, D.C. on of land; currently it receives over half a million annual visitors. Single-genus groupings include apples, azaleas, boxwoods, dogwoods, hollies, magnolias and maples. Other major garden features include collections of herbaceous and aquatic plants, the National Bonsai and Penjing Museum, the Asian Collections, the Conifer Collections, native plant collections, the National Herb Garden and the National Grove of"
"is probably the New Haven Green in New Haven, Connecticut. New Haven was founded by settlers from England and was the first planned city in the United States. Originally used for grazing livestock, the Green dates from the 1630s and is well preserved today despite lying at the heart of the city centre. The largest green in the U.S. is a mile in length, and can be found in Lebanon, Connecticut. One of the most unusual is the Dartmouth Green in Hanover, New Hampshire, which was owned and cleared by the college in 1770. The college, not the town, still"
"Archives of American Gardens The Archives of American Gardens (known colloquially as AAG) is an archive dedicated to preserving documentation and content related to gardens in the United States. Established in 1992, the Archives are located in Washington, D.C., United States, and are maintained by Smithsonian Gardens, a unit of the Smithsonian Institution. As a research center, the Archives of American Gardens houses around 80,000 photographic images and records which pertain to over 6,350 gardens throughout the United States. Photographs and images date from the 1870s to the present and showcase garden features such as ""fountains, sculptures, fences and gates,"
"Garden City, Utah Garden City is a town in northwestern Rich County, Utah, United States. The population was 562 at the 2010 census. Garden City sits on the shores of Bear Lake and is a popular summer resort destination town, thus is nicknamed the ""Caribbean of the Rockies."" Garden City was first settled in 1877 and an LDS branch was formed there at that time. Two years later the town had grown into a ward. In 1979, it merged with the neighboring town of Pickelville. in 1903 Horatio Nelson Jackson and Sewall Crocker stopped in Garden City on the first"
"field for the team. In order to protect the garden from such threats, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. The exterior of the Old Armory Building, abutting the eastern edge of the Rose Garden, is used in establishing shots of the fictional Jeffersonian Center, in the TV series ""Bones"". The garden can also be seen at the end of On a Clear Day You Can See Forever. Exposition Park Rose Garden The Exposition Park Rose Garden is a not historic sunken garden located in Exposition Park in Los Angeles, California. It has been called"
"Governor 1789-80. He died at College Hill, his country house, in 1804. The house passed out of the Walton family in 1812, and is now owned and operated as a museum by the local chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Meadow Garden (Augusta, Georgia) Meadow Garden is a historic house museum at 1320 Independence Drive in Augusta, Georgia. It was a home of George Walton (1749–1804), one of Georgia's three signers of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, and later a governor of Georgia and a United States Senator. Meadow Garden was saved and established as a museum by"
"a proper system. There are different methods of planting and thus different layouts. Some of these layout types include: For different varieties, these systems may vary to some extent. The most extensive orchards in the United States are apple and orange orchards, although citrus orchards are more commonly called groves. The most extensive apple orchard area is in eastern Washington state, with a lesser but significant apple orchard area in most of Upstate New York. Extensive orange orchards are found in Florida and southern California, where they are more widely known as 'groves'. In eastern North America, many orchards are"
"what is now Waterton Lakes National Park of Canada on the east side of the Rocky Mountains. Griffin (1883-1946) was a horticulture pioneer who collected, grew, crossed and tested plants at the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) Headquarters Farm (now the Alberta Horticultural Research Station) in Brooks where he worked as irrigation engineer. His former home is a registered historical site. ""Philadelphus lewisii"" is the state flower of Idaho. Philadelphus lewisii Philadelphus lewisii (Lewis' mock-orange)—also known as Gordon's mockorange, Indian arrowwood, wild mockorange (though this can apply to any species in the genus) and syringa—a name that usually refers to the"
"Smithsonian Gardens The Smithsonian Gardens, a division of the Smithsonian Institution, is responsible for the ""landscapes, interiorscapes, and horticulture-related collections and exhibits"", which serve as an outdoor extension of the Smithsonian's museums and learning spaces in Washington, D.C. Established in 1972 as a groundskeeping and horticulture program, Smithsonian Gardens currently manages 180 acres of gardens on the National Mall, 64,000 square feet of greenhouse production space, and the Archives of American Gardens, a research collection of over 60,000 photographs and archival records covering American landscape history from the 1870s to the present. In 1972, the eighth secretary of the Smithsonian,"
"'Buckeye State' has been referred to as a ""Zoo State"", as only California rivals Ohio in the sheer number of options zoogoers have for visiting reputable zoos. A 2014 ""Top Ten"" ranking of the nation's zoos by ""USA Today"" (based on data provided by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums) recognized the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo for being nominated for the ""USA Today"" award. Three other Ohio zoos were nominated and won awards for the 'Best US Zoo' contest: the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden and the Toledo Zoo. Arguably the most famous animal resident in"
"The Garden Conservancy The Garden Conservancy is an American nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving exceptional gardens and landscapes. Founded in 1989, by Frank Cabot, the Conservancy has since helped a number of American gardens to develop preservation strategies, organizational structures, and funding plans. In some cases, the Conservancy takes the lead in transitioning the garden to a sustainable, nonprofit status. The Garden Conservancy is headquartered in Cold Spring, New York. During a visit to Ruth Bancroft's garden in Walnut Creek, California, Frank Cabot asked Bancroft what would happen to the garden after her death. Cabot's wife suggested established a nonprofit"
"The Garden Conservancy The Garden Conservancy is an American nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving exceptional gardens and landscapes. Founded in 1989, by Frank Cabot, the Conservancy has since helped a number of American gardens to develop preservation strategies, organizational structures, and funding plans. In some cases, the Conservancy takes the lead in transitioning the garden to a sustainable, nonprofit status. The Garden Conservancy is headquartered in Cold Spring, New York. During a visit to Ruth Bancroft's garden in Walnut Creek, California, Frank Cabot asked Bancroft what would happen to the garden after her death. Cabot's wife suggested established a nonprofit"
"and includes a small visitor cabin as well. Boulder Gardens Boulder Gardens (also known as Garth's Boulder Gardens), is an eco-retreat located in Yucca Valley, California. Designed and built by permaculturist Garth Bowles, it has become a destination for environmentalists, yoga classes, and outdoor enthusiasts. In 1981, Bowles purchased some 640 acres of high desert, located near Joshua Tree National Park. Since then, he has slowly added desert-adapted plants, as well as small ponds among the boulders and hills of his retreat. He also was inspired to name the road leading to and through his property, ""Gods Way Love"". Boulder"
"Garden Island (Michigan) Garden Island is an uninhabited 4,990 acre (20 km²) island located in the Beaver Island archipelago in northern Lake Michigan. It is almost wholly owned by the U.S. state of Michigan and is overseen by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) as part of the Beaver Islands State Wildlife Research Area. It is accessible by private boat. The Native American (Ojibwe language) name for the island is ""Minis Gitigaan"", which has become ""Garden Island"" by direct translation. The Island's Native American cemetery was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in March 1978. Garden Island's"
"International Rose Test Garden The International Rose Test Garden is a rose garden in Washington Park in Portland, Oregon, United States. There are over 10,000 rose bushes of approximately 650 varieties. The roses bloom from April through October with the peak coming in June, depending on the weather. New rose cultivars are continually sent to the garden from many parts of the world and are evaluated on several characteristics, including disease resistance, bloom form, color and fragrance. It is the oldest continuously operating public rose test garden in the United States and exemplifies Portland's nickname, ""City of Roses"". The garden"